tgentry

It's a rodent like creature with similarities to Mickey Mouse, however there are numerous differences: No double curved point on the forehead, oddly shaped ears, a little rodent nose, a different tongue, and completely different clothing, hat, and eyewear.

mitchellp

tgentry wrote:It's a rodent like creature with similarities to Mickey Mouse, however there are numerous differences: No double curved point on the forehead, oddly shaped ears, a little rodent nose, a different tongue, and completely different clothing, hat, and eyewear.

I don't know... I like the idea... A parady of the steamboat willie cartoon, but it still looks an awful lot like Mickey in the face-even with your modifications. Maybe add some whiskers?

elwayman02

tgentry

mitchellp wrote:I don't know... I like the idea... A parady of the steamboat willie cartoon, but it still looks an awful lot like Mickey in the face-even with your modifications. Maybe add some whiskers?

Hey that's not a bad idea. Might go well with the rest of the get-up. Removing and resubbing, thanks.

ramyb

Thanks everyone for the support, glad that some of you are liking the design

hmmxkrazee wrote:The textures on the robot are friggin amazing. Great work! May I ask how you did them? jeje

And what do you use to draw? a Tablet? Photoshop?

The textures were...fairly complicated to do, honestly :P Some parts are a simple linear halftone done in photoshop, and then that is juxtaposed next to a square halftone that was done from a combination of gradient>grain>motion blur>watercolor>dry strokes>cutout, made into a square halftone. The colors of the differently shaped halftones were varied using my 6 colors, and then I hand-textured over the entire thing just with the brush tool Hope that explains things to some degree- And to answer your other question, it is in fact tablet+photoshop.

I just wanted to quickly address some of the comments related to the "steampunkness" of this design. I wanted to include the dog to create a clear contrast, but at the same time show the humanity of the robot. The original design was actually a train instead of the dog, but I decided that I preferred the dog because it showed a more emotional side of the robot in a subtle way. I think everything about the robot says steampunk, from the colors to the gears to the shapes chosen, and I don't think the presence of the dog changes that. Clearly, the dog makes up a very small portion of the design. The reason I chose the dog as the thumbnail was to try to get people to click to see why a dog was entered in the steampunk derby, only to find that it's mainly a picture of a giant robot. I wanted to make the robot awkwardly cute while maintaining it's large size, and hopefully I achieved that. I'm sorry to anyone who thinks that this design is unoriginal, etc., but I think I achieved what I was going for fairly well.

mixmastamikal

koronae

I normally love your work bootsboots. This just isn't working for me. As another poster said, it is a great step outside of your comfort zone, and for that I do commend you. This feels very mechanical, sure. It just doesn't scream "steampunk" at me. It's a good try though. (Don't worry Boots, I still adore your shirts and your art. <3)

sailstud25

but really, where's the steampunk? this looks like just a clockwork type thing...

That bothered me about that dinosaurs shirt recently... was clockwork with mysterious steam coming out, but why?!?

Hmm, just went in for 3 Randoms, when I haven't bought any shirts lately (although still checking frequently) so what are the chances of liking them!?! Oh well, couldn't pass up the mystery!
...a number of shirts on teetrade.com

BootsBoots

koronae wrote:I normally love your work bootsboots. This just isn't working for me. As another poster said, it is a great step outside of your comfort zone, and for that I do commend you. This feels very mechanical, sure. It just doesn't scream "steampunk" at me. It's a good try though. (Don't worry Boots, I still adore your shirts and your art. <3)

That's ok. I really did this design as a challenge to myself to do something a little different. As long as I accomplished that, I'm good.

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